Adjustable foot guard



" Jan. 8, 1929. 1,698,140

w. MAUD ADJUSTABLE FOOT GUARD Filed Sept. 6, 1927 WALTER MAUD, OF SYRACUSE, :NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO ORMAN H. MAUI), OF SYRACUSE, NEW YORK.

ADJUSTABLE FOOT GUARD.

Application filed September 6, 1927. SerialNb. 217,690.

the deck of the automobile adjacent the pedal of the accelerator, for preventing ac-- cidental shifting of the foot out of contact with the pedal; A further object is to pro vide a foot-restcomprising an elongated base, which may be rigidly secured to the deck, upon which ismounted a guard formed with a socket adapted to receive the heel of the drivers shoe; the said guard being adjustable on the base for accommo- .dating feet of different length; the said.

pedal.

base being formed with a longitudinal slot and with a number of spaced sockets; the.

' heel-guard being loosely attached to the base by means of a guide-bolt, which is arranged to traverse the said slot when the guard is moved along the base; and the guard being formed with a depending stop, which is arranged to engage the sockets formed in the slot, for holding the guard in the various The guide-bolt is so adjusted positions. constructed that the guard cannot rotate, but may be raised manually for freeing the stop from the base, for enabling the guard to be freely moved towards and from the I attain these objects by the means set forth in the detailed description which follows, and as illustrated by the accompanying drawing, in which- Figure 1 is a broken sectionalview of the dash and deck of an automobile, showing the foot accelerator pedal; also showing the application of my improvement. Fig. 2 is an enlarged side elevation of the footsupport. Fig. 3 isacentral vertical longi tudinal section taken on line 38 of 4:- And Fig. 4 is a top plan view of the complete device.

In the drawing, 2 represents the dash and 2"2 the inclined and the level portions of the deck of an automobile. 3 represents conventionally the pedal of the ordinary foot accelerator, which is pivoted at 3, and may be rocked forwardly by the weight of the drivers foot, as A, for accelerating the feed of the fueLgas, in a well-known manner.

My foot-rest is arranged to be rigidly mounted upon the inclined deck portion 2*, as shown'in Fig. 1, and preferably comprises an elongated metal body 4,having legs l,

which spacethe body from the deck, and

having perforations 4 to receive attach- 1ng screws5. The body 4 is slotted longitudinally, as at P, and said slot is formed at intervals with enlargements or socket-s 4".

6 represents the movable guard or member of the rest, which comprises a substantially semi-circular body having an upwardly facing socket 6 defined by a flange 6*, said socket conforming to the shape of the heels of ordinary footwear. The bottom 6 of the socket 6. is preferably stepped downwardly towards its open end for providing ledges, as 6, to be engaged by theheels for.

suitably positioning ones foot relatively to the pedal 3.- The forward end of the guide 6 is provided with a countersunk opening 6 to' receive the'head of a bolt, as 7 the body of thebolt preferably being square in cross-section and loosely engaging the slot 4", in which the'bolt is slidable,for adjusting the guard-'6 relatively to thepedal 3, as best seen inFig; 3. l is formed with a flange 7, which is considerably broader than the slot' and said flame is preferably normally spaced from the underside of the body 4 whenthe guard 1s in the operative position, shown in Figs. 1, 2 and 3. The bottom 6 is formed with The lower; end of the .bolt

an integral depending stop-lug 6 which is arranged to registerwith and to engage the sockets 4:, for holding the guard in. various ad usted pos1t1ons, as shown in Fig. 8. Art

the rear end of the guard the flange 6 eX- tends a considerable distance below the stepped-portion 6 and" is formed with a horizontal slot 6 in which the base 4 loosely plays, the said slot being of sufficient depth to enable the guard to be lifted manually 'sufiiciently to free the stop. 6 from the .sockets 4;, for enabling the guard to be as well as for disposing the feet'in more restful positions, may beefiected by shifting the heels forwardly or ,backwardly and allowing them to rest against the shoulders of the ledges 6. Ordinarily, gravity supp I claimisplements the stop 6 for holding the guard, in the adjusted positions, Whether or not pressure isexertedby thedrivers foot.

My invention is extremely simple and may beconstructed and'applied at small expense and Witha slight amount oflabor. By providing a number of the sockets P, the guard 6 may be readily and quickly adjusted for footwear of many different sizes, and there is no danger of thedrivers toot straying from the pedal 3.

' Having thus described. my invention, What '1. A foot rest comprising an elongated base having a longitudinal slot intersected by a number of spaced sockets, a heel-guard sl idable on said; base, said guard having means adapted tofengage said sockets .for

holding the guard in various positions relatively tothe pedal of a foot accelerator.

2. A .foot rest adapted to be mounted adjacentthe accelerator of aninternal combustion. engine, comprising a base having a longitudinal slot and a row of spaced sockets for gaging the: length of the operators foot, a heel guard sli'dable on said base towards a and away from the pedal of the accelerator,

- said guard. being loosely connected to the base by a member that plays in said slot, and having means to engage said sockets for holding thefigua-rd in Qdifierent positions relatively "to thepedal.

3. A rest for the v.fo'otofithe driver of an,..automobile that controls the foot ac- .celerator, comprising elongated slotted base adapted to .be i mountedon the deck of the automobile adjacent thepedal of the e accelerator, sockets formed in the base adjacent said slot, a heel-guard having a'slot for recelv ng said base, means for loosely connecting the guard to the base adapted to traverse said slot, and means,

carriediby said guard adapted to selectively engage the sockets of the base for supporting feet of different length relatively to said pedal.

4:. Afoot rest comprising a base adapted to be mounted on. the deck of an automobile adjacent the pedal of a foot accelerator, said base being formed with a longitudinal slot, ,a bolt for loosely connectingthe guard to the base, said bolt engaging and traversing,

said slot, a heel-guard mounted on said base and movable towards and fromsaid pedal for gaging feet of different size the rear end of the guard being slotted to loosely receive the base, the forward end of the guard being loosely connected to the base by a bolt that traverses the slot of the base, and means carried by the guard: adapted to engage said sockets for holding the guard stationary when adjusted.

5. A foot rest adapted to be mounted ad- 7 WALTER MAUD. 

